Theodorus Bailey

Theodorus Bailey (12 October 1758-6 September 1828) was a member of the US House of Representatives from New York's 5th district from 4 March 1793 to 3 March 1797 (succeeding Peter Silvester and preceding David Brooks), from 4 March 1799 to 3 March 1801 (succeeding Brooks and preceding Thomas Tillotson), and from 7 December 1801 to 3 March 1803 (succeeding Tillotson and preceding Andrew McCord), as well as a US Senator from 4 March 1803 to 16 January 1804 (succeeding Gouverneur Morris and preceding John Armstrong, Jr.). He was a Democratic-Republican.

Biography
Theodorus Bailey was born in Fishkill, New York in 1758, and he was admitted to the bar in 1778 and practiced in Poughkeepsie. He served in the New York militia during the American Revolutionary War, and he attained the rank of Brigadier-General before retiring in 1805. He served in the US House of Representatives from 1793 to 1797, from 1799 to 1801, and from 1801 to 1803, and he was elected to the US Senate in 1802. He resigned from the Senate to serve as Postmaster of New York, which he held until his death in 1828.